Kornmarkt (Trier)
Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 18.5 " N , 6 ° 38 ′ 18.7" E
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The Kornmarkt is a central, approximately 40 × 80 m large square in the city center of Trier . It is bordered by several restaurants and cafés, a bookstore and the Posthof , which, as the former seat of the Trier Post Office Directorate, is now used by offices and shops.
General
After a redesign of the Kornmarkt and restoration of the fountain in 2003, the area is now used intensively for gastronomy. The square was paved with 15,000 granite slabs weighing 100 kilograms each. Protests from the population prevented the felling of a large cedar tree that characterizes the square. Before the redesign, the area served as a parking lot.
In March 2004 the academic bookstore "Interbook" (since April 2008 "Interbook Mayersche"), which had previously been located in Fleischstrasse, opened in a fully glazed new building on the west wall of the casino . The former “Zur Post” hotel, whose demolition began in November 2002, had to give way. The bookstore doubled its sales area from 1,100 square meters to 2,400 square meters. In February 2019, shortly after the merger of Mayersche Buchhandlung with Thalia , work began on converting the top floor into office space; the sales area was reduced to 1900 square meters.
The market is one of the central points of the annual Trier Old Town Festival, one of the largest folk festivals in the Trier region, as well as on Christopher Street Day .
history
The Kornmarkt is about 200 meters away from the main market and was laid out on the basis of a resolution of the city council of September 20, 1746 "for use and ornament". At the time, the town hall was on the northern corner of Fleischstrasse and, like Steipe on the main market, had an open ground floor. This was used as a department store, the courtyard behind it as a storage area. With the new space to be created, this use should be rearranged. Because of the stacking right , ship owners first had to offer cargo in the city before it could be shipped on. The numerous sacks of grain that were offered on the new market as a result eventually earned him the name Kornmarkt.
The square is almost rectangular, only the north-west side deviates significantly from the right angle. A new, simple town hall was built on the north-east corner; several smaller buildings were located between this and the old town hall. The south side initially remained without any significant development, two rows of trees provided the visual finish. The showpiece of the square was the baroque house "Königsburg" or "Kronenburg" on the west side of the square, which was designed by Johannes Seiz or at least influenced by him. However, this was canceled in 1879 and replaced by the "Imperial Upper Post Office". On the west side of the square is the Sankt Georgsbrunnen designed by Johannes Seiz , which was erected in honor of Elector Franz Georg von Schönborn and is considered one of the most beautiful Rococo fountains in Germany . Originally the fountain was placed in the middle of the square. Under Schönborn's successor, Johann-Philipp von Walderdorff , the square was opened to the Brotstrasse, which is why the newly created street is called Johann-Philipp-Strasse, and figures from his patron saint stand on the corner building facing Brotstrasse. Walderdorff's successor, the last Elector of Trier, Clemens Wenzeslaus of Saxony , planned a new university building on the south side, but this was no longer realized. Instead, after the dissolution of the Jesuit order , the university moved into the now vacant college building.
When Trier was added to Prussia after the turmoil of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars , the square got its closed appearance. On the south side of the square, the classicistic casino was built by city architect Johann Georg Wolff . In the casino company based there, the liberal bourgeoisie, including the lawyer Heinrich Marx , father of Karl Marx , set the tone. In 1907 the square was redesigned into an ornamental garden, and in 1930 part of the square was converted into a car park. During the Second World War , extinguishing water ponds were dug, which were later filled in with rubble. The badly damaged well was moved to the west towards Fleischstraße in order to create a larger parking area. The Konstantinstrasse, which was laid out as a Brandgasse during this war, not only created a line of sight to the Konstantinbasilika , but also after the Meat and Bread Street had been converted into a pedestrian zone, car traffic could continue to flow to the Kornmarkt.
literature
- Albert Zender: The Kornmarkt. In “New Trierisches Jahrbuch 2000”, Verein Trierisch im Selbstverlag, 2000, p. 131, ISSN 0077-7765 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Change of ownership at Interbook - Mayersche takes over the bookstore from VMG. Diocese of Trier Press Service, April 1, 2008, accessed on August 18, 2020 .
- ^ First Mayersche outside of North Rhine-Westphalia - Mayersche: Interbook Mayersche starts in Trier. In: book report . April 2, 2008, accessed August 18, 2020 .
- ^ Trier: Interbook opens new domicile on Kornmarkt , Trierischer Volksfreund , from March 11, 2004; accessed on August 17, 2020
- ↑ From the book room to the literature palace. From March 11th, customers of the “Interbook” academic bookstore in Trier will have to: browse the glass cube on Kornmarkt , Paulinus - weekly newspaper in the diocese of Trier , March 7th, 2004; accessed on August 17, 2020
- ↑ Meet at the Casino - Interbook sets new standards , Trierischer Volksfreund , October 12, 2002; Proof on www.dic-ag.de (commercial website); accessed on August 17, 2020
- ↑ Mayersche Buchhandlung clears the upper floor of the Trier Kornmarkt , www.volksfreund.de, February 4, 2019; accessed on August 17, 2020